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Inducing labor: When to wait, when to induce Considering inducing labor? Understand who makes a good candidate for inducing labor and why the intervention isn’t for everyone. By Mayo Clinic staff Nature controls most aspects of labor — but sometimes nature needs a nudge. If your health care provider decides you and your baby would [...]

Review Article Introduction Hormones are named from the Greek word hormon, meaning “to urge or excite”, because they were first discovered to play a role in hunger, sex, flight-or-fight response, and many other basic drives. Hormones serve within the body as invaluable messengers, governors of development, and regulators of metabolism. This Hot Topic will focus [...]

I hate that at this weight I have high blood pressure. I know it doesn’t seem like such a big deal, but it really shows how out of shape and unhealthy my body really is. My poor body is screaming for me to lose weight, and so far I’ve been ignoring the warning signs. Recently [...]

The Food and Drug Administration has been busy this week, and I think what it is saying warrants a wake-up call—especially for women. Yesterday, the agency said it issued a warning letter to Coca-Cola noting that its Diet Coke Plus soft drink had nutritional claims that shouldn’t be placed on an utterly nonnutritious soft drink. [...]

ScienceDaily (Aug. 20, 2008) — Scientists and consumers have known for years that grapefruit juice can increase the absorption of certain drugs — with the potential for turning normal doses into toxic overdoses. Now, the researcher who first identified this interaction is reporting new evidence that grapefruit and other common fruit juices, including orange and [...]

In order to minimize pregnancy complications, bed rest during pregnancy is very essential. It is advisable to take bed rest during pregnancy as it deals with certain pregnancy complications. Bed rest during pregnancy differs from woman to woman. It depends on your case, you may be advised strict bed rest which could be full bed [...]

A number of things can cause excessive hair loss. For example, about 3 or 4 months after an illness or a major surgery, you may suddenly lose a large amount of hair. This hair loss is related to the stress of the illness and is temporary. Hormonal problems may cause hair loss. If your thyroid [...]

Inducing labor Reviewed by the BabyCenter Medical Advisory Board Last updated: December 2009 What does it mean to induce labor? If your labor doesn’t start on its own, your practitioner can use medication and other techniques to bring on (or induce) contractions. She can use some of the same methods to augment, or speed up, [...]

Understanding Low Blood Pressure – the Basics What Is Low Blood Pressure? Hypotension is the medical term for low blood pressure (less than 90/60) with no symptoms. A blood pressure reading appears as two numbers. The first and higher of the two is a measure of systolic pressure, or the pressure in the arteries when [...]

Examples Generic Name Brand Name labetalol Trandate Labetalol is an alpha- and beta-blocker drug used to lower high blood pressure during pregnancy. It is sometimes given in the hospital setting, either through a vein (intravenously, or IV) or by mouth. Some doctors also prescribe labetalol by mouth for daily outpatient treatment of high blood pressure. [...]